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WE Can Do It!

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BACK STORY OF THIS POSTER CALLED “ROSIE THE RIVETER”!

This poster was created by American graphic artist. J. Howard Miller.

In 1941, Miller’s work came to the attention of the Westinghouse Company and he was hired to create a series of posters to sponsor the company’s War Production Coordinating Committee.

This poster is commonly called Rosie the Riveter, however at the time of the poster’s release that name wasn’t associated with the picture. That came a year later when a popular patriotic song called “Rosie the Riveter came out.

The poster became a symbol for women who produced war supplies and took new jobs replacing the male workers who were in the military.

Miller based the “We Can Do It!” poster on a United Press International picture taken of Geraldine Doyle working at a factory.

Ironically, Doyle only lasted two weeks on the job before quitting because she feared a hand injury would prevent her from playing her cello.

The poster did not become widely known until the 1970’s and 80’s when it began to be used by advocates of women’s equality in the workplace

SIDE NOTE:

Geraldine Doyle, who was the inspiration behind the now famous poster, died in 2010 at the age 86.

Doyle didn’t know she was the model for the poster until 1984, when she came across an article in Modern Maturity magazine, now known as AARP, which linked a photo of her to the poster.

Lesssons in Leadership

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TEN LESSONS IN LEADERSHIP!

1. BE CAUTIOUS OF LABELS:

Labels you place on people may define your relationship to them and bound their potential.

2. EVERYONE DESERVES RESPECT:

We often wrongly treat others with less respect than they deserve. Everyone we have contact with deserves respect.

3. COURTESY MAKES A DIFFERENCE:

Be courteous to all around you, regardless of their status in life. Also common courtesies among Sailors and co-workers, help bond a team. When our daily words from perfunctory “hellos” to heartfelt greetings to someone will make a difference.

4. TAKE TIME TO KNOW YOUR PEOPLE:

Life and work can be hectic, but that’s no excuse for not knowing the people that work for you or you work for and with.

5. ANYONE CAN BE A HERO:

Anyone Can Be a Hero. Don’t sell your people short, for any one of them may be the hero who rises to the occasion when duty calls. On the other hand, it’s easy to turn to your proven performers when the chips are down, but don’t ignore the rest of the team. Today’s rookie could and should be tomorrow’s superstar.

6. LEADERS SHOULD BE HUMBLE:

Most modern day heroes and some leaders are anything but humble, especially if you calibrate your “hero meter” on today’s athletic fields. End zone celebrations and self-aggrandizement are what we’ve come to expect from sports greats. Leaders should always be humble.

7. LIFE WONT ALWAYS HAND YOU WHAT YOU THINK YOU DESERVE:

We work hard and, dang it, we deserve recognition, right? However, sometimes you just have to persevere, even when accolades don’t come our way. We do what we do not for the recognition but because it’s the right thing to do and it’s our job. Don’t pursue glory; pursue excellence.

8. NO JOB IS BENEATH A LEADER:

A leader can do any job with a smile and dignity. No job is beneath a leader, they will excel in anything they do.

9. PURSUE EXCELLENCE:

No matter what task life hands you, do it well. Dr. Martin Luther King said, “If life makes you a street sweeper, be the best street sweeper you can be.”

10. LIFE IS A LEADERSHIP LABORATORY:

All too often we look to some school or some class to teach us about leadership when, in fact, life is a leadership laboratory. Those you meet everyday will teach you enduring lessons if you just take time to stop, look and listen. You come in contact with people everyday, learn leadership skills from everyone you meet. Don’t miss your opportunity to learn.

PITCH AND RUDDER SERVICES

Making custom quality challenge coins and Military belt buckles are one of our specialties. If you’re interested in getting a designing a custom buckle or Quality Challenge coin for your Division, Command, or Mess we’ve streamlined the process, click the get started link at the bottom of the page and someone from our design team will be with you within 48 hours to bring your vision to life.  When your working with us, we want to be as transparent as possible if you’re looking for shirts, you are going to be working with Chuck’s and his Team, If you’re working with metal you will be working with Grady’s Team.

Hand Salute

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Hand Salute

Trivia: What is the history of the “hand salute”?!

ANSWER: The hand salute is believed to have began in the days of chivalry when it was customary for knights dressed in armor to raise their visors to friends for the purpose of identification.

By 1700 grenadiers were wearing tall, conical hats held in place with secure chinstraps that were difficult to raise in greeting.

The men began to merely touch their hats as if intending to raise them.

Soon other soldiers adopted the shako, busby or bearskin, all of which were held in place by a chinstrap. They, too, stopped raising the hat and instead merely touched 
its brim.

This action was formalized as the salute in European armies by about 1780,

The US Navy adopted the hand salute from the Royal British Navy.

There is general agreement that the salute as now rendered is really the first part of the movement of uncovering. From the earliest days of military units, the junior uncovered when meeting or addressing a senior.

The US Navy hand salute is slightly different than the Royal British Navy so some believe the US Navy salute, with the palm downwards evolved because the palms of Naval ratings, particularly deckhands, were often dirty through working with lines and was deemed insulting to present a dirty palm to an officer; so the palm was turned downwards.

PICTURE: The picture is of Retired Chief Petty Officer William Brown during the presentation of colors on board Naval Station Everett, WA.,in 2004.

Chief Brown was attending the Pearl Harbor Survivors Ceremony. Chief Brown is a Pearl Harbor survivor.

PITCH AND RUDDER SERVICES

Making custom quality challenge coins and Military belt buckles are one of our specialties. If you’re interested in getting a designing a custom buckle or Quality Challenge coin for your Division, Command, or Mess we’ve streamlined the process, click the get started link at the bottom of the page and someone from our design team will be with you within 48 hours to bring your vision to life.  When your working with us, we want to be as transparent as possible if you’re looking for shirts, you are going to be working with Chuck’s and his Team, If you’re working with metal you will be working with Grady’s Team.

NAVY RANK RECOGNITION!

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NAVY RANK RECOGNITION!

ADMIRAL:

Leaps tall buildings with a single bound, is more powerful than a locomotive, is faster than a speeding bullet, walks on water amid typhoons, REVIEWS POLICY WITH GOD.

CAPTAIN:

Leaps short buildings with a single bound, is just as fast as a speeding bullet, walks on water if sea is calm, TALKS TO GOD.

COMMANDER:

Leaps short buildings with a running start and favorable winds, is faster than a speeding BB, walks on water in indoor swimming pool, TALKS TO GOD ONLY IF A SPECIAL REQUEST CHIT IS APPROVED.

LIEUTENANT COMMANDER:

Barely clears Quonset hut, can fire a speeding bullet, swims well, IS OCCASIONALLY ADDRESSED BY GOD.

LIEUTENANT:

Makes high marks by trying to leap buildings, is run over by the locomotive, can sometimes handle a gun without inflicting self injury, dog paddles, TALKS TO ANIMALS.

LIEUTENANT JUNIOR GRADE:

Runs into buildings, recognizes locomotives two out of three times, is not issued ammunition, can stay afloat if properly instructed in the Mae-West, TALKS TO BULKHEADS.

ENSIGN:

Falls over doorstep when trying to enter building, says look at the Choo-Choo, wets himself, plays in mud puddles, MUMBLES TO HIMSELF.

CHIEF:

Lifts buildings and walks under them, kicks locomotives off the tracks, catches speeding bullets in his teeth and eats them, freezes water with a single glance, makes policy and enforces it, HE IS GOD!

MILITARY WORKING DOGS

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THIS IS TO ALL MY MILITARY WORKING DOGS SHIPMATES!

Do you know the history and how the Military Working Dog Program got started?

During W WII, not long after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the American Kennel Club and a new group calling itself “Dogs for Defense” mobilized dog owners across the country to donate quality animals to the Army Quartermaster Corps.

Dogs donated by a patriotic public to the Army saved the lives of a number of soldiers in combat.

Beginning on 13 March 1942, the Quartermaster Corps ran the Army’s so-called “K-9 Corps” and undertook to change these new recruits into good fighting “soldiers.”

The readily-used phrase “K-9 Corps” became a popular title for the War Dog Program in the 1940s and 50s, and found wide informal usage both inside and outside the military.

The term however is not official. Its origin lies in its phonetic association with the equally unofficial, alternative phrase “Canine Corps.”

At first more than thirty breeds were accepted. Later the list was narrowed down to German Shepherds, Belgian Sheep Dogs, Doberman Pinschers, Farm Collies and Giant Schnauzers.

In all, a little over 19,000 dogs were procured between 1942 and 1945 (about 45% of these were rejected as unsuited for training).

The first estimates were that only about 200 dogs would be needed, but that soon changed.

Dogs for Defense worked with qualified civilian trainers, who volunteered their services without pay, to train dogs for the program. Soon the demand for sentry dogs outstripped the original limited training program.

As requirements increased reception and training responsibility was transferred to the Quartermaster Remount Branch, which had years of experience dealing with animals.

Dogs for Defense continued its highly successful campaign to solicit donations of dogs.

In the fall of 1942 the program expanded to procure and train dogs for the Navy and Coast Guard as well.

Later these branches procured and trained their own dogs.

PITCH AND RUDDER SERVICES

Making custom quality challenge coins and Military belt buckles are one of our specialties. If you’re interested in getting a designing a custom buckle or Quality Challenge coin for your Division, Command, or Mess we’ve streamlined the process, click the get started link at the bottom of the page and someone from our design team will be with you within 48 hours to bring your vision to life.  When your working with us, we want to be as transparent as possible if you’re looking for shirts, you are going to be working with Chuck’s and his Team, If you’re working with metal you will be working with Grady’s Team.